- Gunaratana,
Jhanas in
Theravada Buddhist Meditation Ajahn Brahmavamso,
Travelogue to the four
Jhanas Ajahn Brahmavamso, The
Jhanas Thanissaro Bhikkhu,
Jhana not...
-
mentioned in
sequence after the
first four
jhānas and thus came to be
treated by
later exegetes as
jhānas. The
immaterial are
related to, or
derived from...
- Vip****ana
Jhanas".
Mastering the core
teachings of the Buddha. Aeon. pp. 278–293. ISBN 9781911597100.
Sayadaw U
Pandita (1993). "5. The Vip****anā
Jhānas". In...
- Dzogchen. The
stock description of the
jhānas, with
traditional and
alternative interpretations, is as follows:
First jhāna:
Separated (vivicceva) from desire...
- the
first jhana due to
their involving applied thought (vitaka),
which is
absent from the
higher jhanas.
Absorption in the
first three jhanas can be realized...
- four
jhanas.
Bronkhorst states that this path may be
similar to what the
Buddha taught, but the
details and the form of the
description of the
jhanas in...
- (cetasika)
present during the
first dhyāna (Pali:
jhāna), and
which are
absent in the
higher jhanas.
According to Shankman, "two
distinct meanings are...
- the
arupa jhanas of Buddhism, and to Nirodha-Samapatti.
Crangle also
notes that sabija-asamprajnata
samadhi resembles the four
formless jhanas. According...
- in
their reinterpretation of
jhana as one-pointed concentration, this
mental factor is the
primary component in all
jhānas and the
essence of concentration...
- to
support samādhi, that is,
jhāna."
Rupert Gethin also
affirms the
close connection between satipaṭṭhāna and the
jhanas,
citing various discourses from...
